Nina Quilts

My First Triangle Rosemary's Rainbow

2008-05-24T10:56:00.003-04:00

I am so happy that Anina is throwing in a triangle here and there. I was dreading these, but finished the first one and it was not bad at all. I mirrored mine on purpose, I like it going in the opposite direction better. Still trying to catch up with the blocks. Hubby and I are off to dinner and a concert of Gloria Estefan tonight to celebrate our 32nd anniversary and a family cookout on Monday. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend everyone.

Dear Jane and Civil War Diaries

2008-05-22T11:37:00.007-04:00

More sewing of blocks, the first two are Civil War Diaries and the last four are Dear Jane blocks. Lots of yard work being done, that leaves not much time for sewing.

Lemon Poppy Seeds Update

2008-05-02T09:42:00.003-04:00

I have listed some new items in my Lemon Poppy Seeds Shoppe, hop on over and take a peek.

Ebay Sale

2008-04-29T09:02:00.003-04:00

Since I have a new job working outside of the house, I will be closing my ebay store and have marked all of the items down 15%. I will still be selling through my website and finished items on ebay.

B-12 Starflower

2008-04-23T17:15:00.003-04:00

Here's one for today! Just four more to make to catch up with the Dear Baby Jane group, Yay, I am up to 20 blocks now! I used reverse applique for this block. It was a very easy block to do.

Just Some Blocks

2008-04-19T21:31:00.004-04:00

Wow, I did not realize it has been so long since I last posted. The weather has been getting warmer and I have been enjoying some outside work in the garden. I do have some blocks that I have worked on here and there to show you. First, some Dear Jane blocks that I have been trying to catch up on.

Rayelle's Fence

Batchelor Buttons

Rose of Sharing

Sweet Tater Pie
Civil War Diaries blocks.

Enthusiasm

Games Music and Knitting

John Morgan

Lemon Poppy Seeds Updated

2008-03-15T20:24:00.004-04:00

I have added a couple of new dolls to my Lemon Poppy Seeds shoppe. Go on over and take a peek, lots of wonderful artists over their.

Tuesdays Blocks

2008-03-11T19:28:00.004-04:00

Some more blocks for the Civil War Diaries and Love Letters Quilt.

Queen of the West

Special Blessings

A couple more Dear Jane Blocks

Celebration Sampler

2008-02-28T16:08:00.005-05:00

Blogger was giving me some trouble earlier, would not let me add another photo. Another block finished for the Celebration Sampler.

Civil War Diaries Blocks

2008-02-28T15:51:00.005-05:00

Yeaaaa...my book arrived today, while babysitting my grandchildren tonight I will read through it and pick out some blocks to make. I did manage to get a few blocks done without the book, these blocks are so much fun and yes they are addicting.

Civil War Diary Quilt

2008-02-26T19:09:00.003-05:00

Oh my, another project to add to my list. After seeing everyones lovely blocks I just had to join in, so I went ahead and ordered the Civil War Diaries book from Amazon.com. I am so anxious to get started, I think I will go ahead and do some of the easier blocks while waiting for the book to arrive.

Today's Work

2008-02-21T14:16:00.004-05:00

I sat down today and finished appliqueing the 3rd block for my Friendship's Garden quilt and then I pieced the first block to the
Web Sampler Celebration!

I have been reading alot of blogs showing the beautiful Civil War Diary blocks quite a few of the ladies are working on. I love working on civil war style quilts and really have to hold myself back from starting this one. I just have too many projects going on at this time. We will just have to see how long I can hold out, LOL.

Dear Jane Blocks

2008-02-10T18:00:00.001-05:00

Paperpiecing is not my favorite thing to do, but I managed to complete these 2 Dear Jane blocks. I know the stripes in the star block are not straight, but I am not going to re-do it.

Clue #2 Finished

2008-01-05T18:12:00.000-05:00

I finally finished up with clue #2 for Carolina Crossroad's. I am really enjoying doing these little blocks, I am all by myself this evening so I am off to work on clue #3, more 9-patches.

Snow Babies

2007-12-18T21:19:00.000-05:00

We had some snow this week, I thought I was going to have a nice quilty day. The grandkids had a snow day from school and came to my house, we had to put our priorities in order, so out to play we went and not much sewing got done. I am still working on my little 9-patches for Bonnie's mystery. She has assured us that there will be no more 9-patches after this 180. I will post a picture as soon as they are finished.

Rail Fences

2007-12-05T14:47:00.000-05:00

These seem to be turning up everywhere these days. I also gave in to the temptation of Bonnie's mystery. I normally do not like mysteries but with Bonnie as our leader, I had to jump on board. Here are my 100 Rail Fence blocks. Waiting for clue number 2, which will be revealed tomorrow.

New BOM

2007-11-27T17:49:00.000-05:00

I joined a new BOM called Civil War Heroes, here are the first two blocks finished. Next month will be the large applique center square.

I spent some time today reading blogs, I came across a couple that were working on their Dear Jane quilts. I was inspired to pull out mine and start working on them again, so I prepped a block to handpiece while watching TV in the evening.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-21T22:04:00.000-05:00

Quilt Show

2007-11-14T07:55:00.000-05:00

I finally had a chance to post some pictures of the quilts that caught my eye from the Quilter's Gathering. There were lots of beautiful art quilts, but I guess I am more of the traditional type of gal.

I have been busy cutting my scraps for my tumbler, I will post a picture when I have made some progress on that, I did manage to finish block two on my applique quilt, it is the Friendship's Garden quilt from Blackbird designs.

Melanie

A Quilter's Gathering

2007-11-09T20:57:00.000-05:00

Oh my, I did not realize so much time has gone by with no posts. I had a wonderful day yesterday, I went to A Quilter's Gathering in Nashua, NH with my sister. Lot's of fun was had, the quilts were wonderful, but the best part was the vendors. I went with a list of things that I needed and it was hard but I managed to stick to it. I bought some red, green and yellow FQ's that will go with my red and green applique that I am working on. I loved Lucy's tumbler quilt so much that of course I needed a tumbler template and I fell in love with this fabric from Jo Morton's new line Hattiesburg so I had to have that also. Tomorrow I hope to post some photo's of some of the quilts that caught my eye.

Summer's Bounty

2007-08-31T14:05:00.000-04:00

This is the time of year that the warm weather is waning, you begin to notice the smell of burning leaves and ripening apples. The clear cool breeze is on your face first thing in the morning, and the children have new energy and interest in the season. Autumn is almost here and isn't it beautiful? A time for harvesting, canning, preserving and getting stocked up for winter -- and the perfect time for reflecting on the many things for which we should be thankful.

We will be having our annual 3-day Labor Day sale, 10% off everything in my webstore http://www.bittersweetprimitives.com/ . Have a great holiday weekend.

Prim Blessings,
Melanie

Fabric Sale

2007-08-20T09:57:00.000-04:00

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we are having a sale on my website, all reproduction fabrics 10% off until August 27th.

Primitive Blessings,
Melanie
http://www.bittersweetprimitives.com

Almost a Finish

2007-08-16T18:46:00.000-04:00

Hi Friends,

Not much going on today, the weather was too hot and humid to be outside, so I worked on sewing the binding on a quilt today. I just got in some awesome new woven primitive blankets for my website, take a peek.

Primitive Blessings,

Melanie

What is Primitive?

2007-08-12T08:26:00.000-04:00

Hi Friends, I finally took the plunge into the world of blogging and have given a lot of thought to what I would write about first. It made sense to me to start off with the word "Primitive" and what it means to me. I belong to a wonderful ebay group, and my friend Kassy came up with this description of what primitive means, I tried but I cannot come up with a better description, so she gave me permission to use hers. I really look forward to getting to know everyone and to share my primitive wares with you.

What is Primitive?

Primitive style is a unique duplication of the Early American and Colonial time period between the mid 1650's and early 1900's. A duplication of something made centuries earlier and found just yesterday.

The grungy look of something forgotten like a fine pair of tallow candles, placed in the eaves of an old barn long ago by their colonial maker...or a misplaced child's doll found behind the wall of an old estate...stained and dusty...suspended in time.

Primitive is always handmade and created in its very own unique way...a sentiment to time that has passed! Imagine finding an old 18th century dresser, lovingly created by a new groom for his bride... brought to their homestead by wagon, worn with the hands of time but kept because of sentimental reasons...finding it's way to an antique shop. To some it would be called junk but to you it is a bit of another era. To you it is perfect and priceless, one of a kind.

Primitive is Early American, Colonial and part of our history. The beginning of a nation when people fought for what was right and little children learned their ABC's by stitching them on bits of fabric...A time long gone but deeply treasured.

That is Primitive!

Until next time, I wish you all lots of prim blessings.

Melanie
http://www.bittersweetprimitives.com/